Clipping:Scoring sacrifice hits 5
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| Date | Wednesday, November 16, 1887 |
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| Text | [from Chadwick's column] There certainly ought to be a scoring record made of sacrifice hits, for as a general rule, a sacrifice hit—which is a hit of such a character as to oblige the fielder to put the striker out only—is as useful in forwarding a base-runner towards home base as many a hit recorded as a base hit, and the chief object of the batsman should be to forward a base-runner to another base or to send hi home, and if a sacrifice hit will do it it is better to take the chance of the sacrifice than to run the risk of a por out which ensures the runner's being kept on a base. For instance, a runner is on third base and one man is out, and the batsman goes to the bag to bring that runner in, and in order to do so he faces the pitcher in such manner as to ensure his hitting the ball on the ground to the right field, or to tap a swiftly pitched ball safely over the heads of the infielders, and yet too close in for an outfield catch. This is the object in view, and in making the effort, even if he fails to make a clean hit, the out is almost sure to yield a run in, and hence the sacrifice, in that respect, is as useful as a base hit. |
| Source | Sporting Life |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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